This is the time

[TomO]

Wow, what a beautiful park you have there!

 

[maleficent]

Exercise: 55 minutes jog on trampoline, using 1 kg weights for 10 minutes and 2 kg weights for about 15 minutes. (313 cals)

Becareful about using weights while jogging - one of the many doctos I went to for my shoulder said that walking with weights isnt good for you long term = there was a reason why but I can't remember right now

 

[felici]

Thanks Mal. I remember seeing it wasn't recommended for walking on a site somewhere but with no reason. The weights arent' heavy and I have been trying to keep the arm movements fairly slow and very controlled, while keeping a fast even pace with my legs - somewhat like the aerobics tape I started with. But maybe I would be better to go back to the body weight exercises I've been neglecting and keep the jogging separate.

 

[maleficent]

Well, for starters hand weights throw off your body’s alignment, which can cause serious damage to your ligaments, tendons, and muscles.

I'm sure I could find just as many sites that would say hand weights are a good thing.. . so - I suppose it's do what feels right for you

 

[cinderelly]

I also definitely mix up higher and lower days without thinking too much about it except thinking that it's probably a good way to be, rather than a problem. Of course I was pretty much guessing how the calories would work out most of the time but I think my guesses were pretty much the same as the figures I'm getting now.

I think that is a smart way to go abt it - never let your body know what to expect...keep it guessing and your metabolism working...

I thought you lived in Australia - I know you live on the other side of it - like opposite of Wishes or do I just not know what I am talkin abt ???

 

[felici]

Yes I live in Australia on the side that's far, far away from everywhere else!! (Including wishes ) I just don't know what it's like for a visitor, when you have to go such a long way to get here from anywhere else!!

But I love it!

 

[maleficent]

Australia is amazing for visitors... just the 18 hour flight is a nightmare -sedation should be mandatory.. .though even travelling across australia is no picnic - cool train ride across the outback though - watching the kangaroos hopping along side

Are you in Queensland?

 

[cinderelly]

Yes I live in Australia on the side that's far, far away from everywhere else!! (Including wishes ) I just don't know what it's like for a visitor, when you have to go such a long way to get here from anywhere else!!

But I love it!

Ah ok...so these pics are over looking Australia and you are taking them from the other side or are they just park shots ?

 

[felici]

I'm sure I could find just as many sites that would say hand weights are a good thing.. . so - I suppose it's do what feels right for you

I understand what you mean about the alternative sites, but I think I will just take notice of the one you've quoted. I have so many friends/family members with shoulder issues and not much inclination to add another health issue - this thing is all about being able to do MORE with my body - not less.

Australia is amazing for visitors... just the 18 hour flight is a nightmare -sedation should be mandatory.. .though even travelling across australia is no picnic - cool train ride across the outback though - watching the kangaroos hopping along side

Are you in Queensland?

I live in Perth, Western Australia.

I agree Mal. Compared to other tourist destinations a lot of Australia is very spread out. It is the long spaces between the stunning spots that makes me wonder about Australia and tourists. It's good if you like to look at heaps of empty space and vast blue skies. Or if you like to be by yourself outdoors, because you can be. Being rather young at the time, I was a bit surprised to find how hard it was to ever be anywhere that no one else was, when I visited Europe years ago.

Ah ok...so these pics are over looking Australia and you are taking them from the other side or are they just park shots ?

The views are of parts of Perth. King's Park is a big park mostly fully of bushland on a hill overlooking the city centre. I live in one of the suburbs about 15-20 minutes away.

 

[cinderelly]

The views are of parts of Perth. King's Park is a big park mostly fully of bushland on a hill overlooking the city centre. I live in one of the suburbs about 15-20 minutes away.

Ok thanx for clearing that up

 

[lena410]

i have a close relative in melbourne and she has some friends in perth and the way she speaks of it makes me wanna go and just spend several months going around australia...well if i ever win the lottery i'll come lol

 

[Cannon 2006]

I'm one of those who always wanted to go to Australia, but I hate flying way too much to take a flight that long.

 

[T2 Trucker]

39 lbs ?? oye !!

hehe, don't get me down under, I may never leave

King's Park is a really special place. Exercise and rest - what more could a person want ?? I'd love to walk that bridge thing !!

 

[Qjay]

Somebunny seems to be enjoying her walks

The weights in your hands would seem to lend themselves to shoulder problems, but the verdict still seems to be out on ankle weights. There are plenty of sites saying bad, and plenty more saying good. I know I have achieved good results with ankle weights in the past, as long as they were not too heavy. You might want to see if they are available where you are, and/or get a set of small ones and track your fatigue and "wear and tear" on yourself, if you are looking to add to your energy output.
As for things you can do that will not add significantly to your strain and pain, consider wearing wrist or ankle weights around the house instead of "when you are exercising. I found them to be a good reminder to stretch more often and to exercise more often... I should probably go price them again; it's been several years since I really used them.

Just remember that LIGHT weights are the way to go with this sort of thing, because heavy ones will add strain and stretch your joints in an unhappy wear pattern. I used them at a level that I could barely notice they were there after an hour or two.

If you decide it's not for you, that's all right as well
Maybe I just like making suggestions...

Oh! Me = "Happy for you!" Keep having fun!

 

[TomO]

Felici, please don't start walking with weights, even small ones. Weight training is great; mixing weights with cardio, not so good. Why do you think so many overweight people have joint problems? The weights won't really add more than a few calories to your output; they won't really increase your strength; but they WILL very likely add repetitive stress to your joints. Why take the chance?

 

[maleficent]

I'd love to walk that bridge thing !!

the sydney harbour bridge clumb is totally worth doing - just don't look down -

 

[felici]

i have a close relative in melbourne and she has some friends in perth and the way she speaks of it makes me wanna go and just spend several months going around australia...well if i ever win the lottery i'll come lol

I will be adding a lot of overseas trips in to my own plans if that happens to me too!!

I'm one of those who always wanted to go to Australia, but I hate flying way too much to take a flight that long.

I absolutely can see that point of view. Of course for those of us who live here long trips to most of the other places we want to see are just the way it is!

39 lbs ?? oye !!

hehe, don't get me down under, I may never leave

King's Park is a really special place. Exercise and rest - what more could a person want ?? I'd love to walk that bridge thing !!

Absolutely right!

Somebunny seems to be enjoying her walks

The weights in your hands would seem to lend themselves to shoulder problems, but the verdict still seems to be out on ankle weights. There are plenty of sites saying bad, and plenty more saying good. I know I have achieved good results with ankle weights in the past, as long as they were not too heavy. You might want to see if they are available where you are, and/or get a set of small ones and track your fatigue and "wear and tear" on yourself, if you are looking to add to your energy output.
As for things you can do that will not add significantly to your strain and pain, consider wearing wrist or ankle weights around the house instead of "when you are exercising. I found them to be a good reminder to stretch more often and to exercise more often... I should probably go price them again; it's been several years since I really used them.

Just remember that LIGHT weights are the way to go with this sort of thing, because heavy ones will add strain and stretch your joints in an unhappy wear pattern. I used them at a level that I could barely notice they were there after an hour or two.

If you decide it's not for you, that's all right as well
Maybe I just like making suggestions...

Oh! Me = "Happy for you!" Keep having fun!

Hiya. I love getting advice!

Felici, please don't start walking with weights, even small ones. Weight training is great; mixing weights with cardio, not so good. Why do you think so many overweight people have joint problems? The weights won't really add more than a few calories to your output; they won't really increase your strength; but they WILL very likely add repetitive stress to your joints. Why take the chance?

For sure. I'm not much of a risk taker.

the sydney harbour bridge clumb is totally worth doing - just don't look down -

It's on my list of to do's. I hope I can get the family up there with me in September.

 

[felici]

OK. I'm here late again, so briefly again.

Breakfast 10:30 2 weetbix (107 cal), 1/3 C diced peaches (~40 cals), 1C low fat soy milk (122cal). 1 slice wholemeal toast (70 cal) with minimal margarine (18 cal) and fig jam (12 cal) . Boiled egg (71 cal). 1C coffee with 40 ml Hilo milk (20 cal).

Snack: 1 small pear (80). I C coffee with Hilo milk. (20 cal)

Lunch : 12:30 1 C tinned pumpkin and leek soup (120 cal), 1 75 gm wholemeal bread roll (finally weighed this and cals are 192!!) 1 grilled chicken thigh ( 80 cal), 1 cup coffee with 40 ml Hilo milk ( 20 cal)

Snack: 3:30 1 diet apricot yoghurt ( 64 cals).

Dinner: Spaghetti carbonara. 1 C cooked spaghetti (197 cal),20 g short cut bacon (fat removed) (43 cals),1 egg whites (16 cals), 1/2 onion (23 cals), 1/4 tbspn olive oil (30 cals), 50 gm parmesan cheese (77 cal) Salad: celery (2 cals), broccoli( 5 cal),1/3 capsicum (10 cal), snow peas (15 cal), mushroom (4 cal), 1/2 tomato (7 cals), 1/2 tbspn black olives (25 cal), balsimic vinegar (10 cal).
Total: 1501 cal

Exercise: 1.5 hours. 40 minutes body weight exercises. (200 cal) 50 minutes jogging ( 285 cal)

So this is a change.

I brought back the body weight exercises after a week or so off. I had 1-2 weeks of no glucosamine too, and have noticed my knees weren't as good as before. It was a bit of a shock doing something like that again. I was able to work at the same level as before but I had slightly forgotten how much these things do make feel like I want to stop all the time! I have been just doing things that I am comfortable with for the last week or so- doing things I only feel like stopping because I get kind of bored or am impatient for dinner.

-Wall sits - 20
-Supermans -20
-Push ups - 15
-Chair/stair dips - 20
-Bridges/couch bridges - 30
-Planks - 4 @ 30 secs
-Pllanks with leg extensions - 3 @ 20 secs
-Lunges - 10
-Squats - 30
-Step ups -20
-Diamond push ups 10

Jogging on the trampoline. I am quite happy to forget the weights. I think I added them earlier because I was wanting to increase the amount of upper body work I was doing, and I kinda merged the aerobics with weights and the trampoline. I'm not interested in continuing if it might cause injuries though, I'm all about trying to get health and mobility and I see plenty of other options.

Anyway, the thing I haven't been doing that I added back in was HIIT. When I tried this on the trampoline before I couldn't quite make it work, even with weights. I think this was partly due to needing to feel confident about staying in the middle of the mat. Tonight I was sure that I was hitting my maximum effort and sticking with it for quite a while past where I really, really wanted to stop and totally crashing afterwards - I didn't take my pulse but I'm sure I was getting the effect I was aiming at. I'm pretty happy about that. I think I have managed to frighten my boychild into NOT laughing in the middle of it too!! Laughing and focussing madly do NOT mix!! Anyway I warmed up for 5 minutes, then first off ran for 2 minutes. This was by mistake because I forgot I had been doing 1 minute on, but it was a lucky mistake because it was the extra time I needed to make this process work on the trampoline. I just did 1 minute at a time after that though because for the others after the first one my knees were buckling a bit even before I got to the minute! So this was a good change for me.

I jogged for a while after the HIIT. I'm just putting the calories down for the same amount as before. I really don't know how to calculate the calories for a lot of these activities anyway

One new effect tonight was that my toes went numb. LOL They were ok afterwards.

 

[brazenlysasse]

Hi Felici, Ive seen you post quite a few times in different diaries and thought i would just say hello. I was reading what you have done for today and its very inspirational...think i dropped a pound just reading it..lol..ohhhh i wish that could be true...anyways...I just wanted to say hello.
Take care
Michelle

 

[TomO]

That's one hell of a workout, Felici. I'm glad you stopped using weights with your cardio -- one less orthopedic surgeon will get a check now. The HIIT is great for you, but give yourself at least a day in between sessions to let your CNS recover. Great job!